Analysis of Well do I know myself

Saigyo 1118 (Kyoto) – 1190



Well do I know myself, so
Your coldness
I did not think to blame, yet
My bitterness has
Soaked my sleeves, it seems


Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 110 1111111 11001 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 123
Words 25
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Saigyo

Saigyō Hōshi was a famous Japanese poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura period. more…

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